Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance

Nov 2, 2026

Zelma (Sam) Ruth Hoyer passed away on November 2, 2026, at Sundance Hospital at the age of 80.

Zelma was born November 5, 1945, in Sundance, WY at the home of midwife Margret Beagle. She was the 6th child born to George and Betty (Sawyer) Hoyer. She was small enough to sleep in a shoebox. Zelma joined her brothers, Dutch (Roy),...

Nov 1, 2026

Oct 31, 2026

LeAnn “Ann” Marie Vandine passed away October 31st, 2026 due to medical complications.

She was born on October 5th, 1965 to Mary Lou Hertel and Norman Lee Hertel. She was the youngest of five children. She graduated from Lead-Deadwood High School in 1984, and married the love of her life, George W. Vandine, on November 26th, 1988. Together they had two...

Oct 29, 2026

Lawrence "Larry" Mitchell, 89, of Spearfish, South Dakota, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on October 29, 2026.

Larry was born on October 16, 1937, to Millard and Emily (Baysinger) Mitchell in Mitchell, South Dakota. The family moved to the Black Hills in 1945. He graduated from Spearfish High School in 1956. During high school, Larry milked cows for Jim...

Oct 29, 2026

Marilyn Jane Davis, 91, from Sundance Wyoming passed from this Earth and opened her eyes in Heaven on October 29th at Sheridan Memorial Hospital.

Marilyn was born in Nashville, Wisconsin on May 9th, 1935, to Otis and Katheryn Mountain. She attended schools in Crandon. Marilyn met the love of her life, Richard Davis, a logger, and they married on June 12th,...

Oct 28, 2026

Mary Jane Bannister age 72 of Sundance WY went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday October 28, 2026. Mary was born to Leonard and Norma Swingle on September 8, 1954. She was the second of six children. She graduated from Campbell County in 1972. She worked as a cashier for Deckers when she met the love of...

Oct 28, 2026

Steve J. Rosenberger, 76, of Lead, South Dakota passed Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at Spearfish Canyon Health Center.

Steve was born April 17, 1950, in Vermillion, South Dakota to Robert and Ursula Rosenberger with the family who move to Vacaville, California a year later. Steve lived in Hawaii, California and South Dakota, where he started working for Homestake Mining Company in...

Oct 28, 2026

Stewart Reed, 94, passed away peacefully at Fort Meade Hospital on October 28, 2026, in Fort Meade, SD.

Stewart was born on September 14, 1932, in Merriman, Nebraska, to John and Pansy Reed. He graduated from Deadwood High School in 1951. While attending college at CSU in Colorado, Stewart met the love of his life, Connie Graham. On December 23, 1957,...

Oct 25, 2026

It is with heavy hearts that we announce Galen Bieber journeyed to the spirit world. October 25, 2026, Creator called him home. He was 66 years old and lived in Lead, South Dakota.

He is survived by his father, August Bieber, siblings, Monica (Kevin) Hampson, Connie (Kelly) Thomsen, Janet Bieber, Earl Bieber, Merle Bieber, Kerry Bieber and August Jr (Simone) Bieber....

Oct 25, 2026

Jacquelyn “Jocy” Fiedler, 92, of Glenham passed away Monday, October 25, 2026, at the Edgewood Vista Senior Living Facility in Spearfish, SD where she had resided since June 2025.

Jocy was born Jacquelyn Joyce Berg on August 24, 1934 in rural Walworth County, SD to Walter and Velma (Bosch) Berg. She was raised on the family farm near Lowery, SD. Her...

Oct 24, 2026

Martha Jean (Marti) Collins passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2026 at Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota after a brief illness.

Marti was born September 4, 1960 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, the second daughter of Ray and Janetta Hill. They preceded her in death. As an Army brat, Marti attended many schools and graduated from Taylorville High...

Oct 24, 2026

Donald Francis Simons, 89 of Spearfish, SD passed away on October 24, 2026.

Donald Francis Simons was born on April 4, 1937 in Sauk Centre, MN to John H. Simons and Della D. (Balvin) Simons. He grew up around Huron and Wolsey, SD attending St. Theresa Catholic School and Wolsey Public School, loosing 1 year due to having polio, St. Theresa...

Oct 24, 2026

James Samuel Neiman, affectionately known as Jim, Jim Senior, or simply “Senior” to family and friends, passed away peacefully at home on October 24, 2026, at the age of 96.

Born on February 6, 1930, in Gordon, Nebraska, to Albert Carmel (A.C.) Neiman and Annie Mabel Gerber, Jim was the youngest son in a family of eight children. His was a...

Oct 24, 2026

Kay (Milberg) Kaul was born on March 1, 1936, in Newell, South Dakota, to Ralph and Charlotte Milberg. She grew up on the family sheep farm along Horse Creek, where she spent her childhood surrounded by family and the rhythms of farm life.

Kay attended Milberg School and later graduated from Newell High School in 1954. Kay continued her education at...

Oct 24, 2026

Dr. Barry Allen Smith, 77, of Spearfish, South Dakota, passed away peacefully at home on October 24, 2026, following a long and courageous battle with multiple myeloma. He was surrounded by the love and comfort of his beloved wife. 

Barry was born on December 29, 1948, in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1975 and completed...

Oct 24, 2026

Born Helen Marie Simmons to Alfred Coy and Mary Rae Simmons in Dallas, Texas August 16, 1930. Helen was the second of four girls and the last remaining of the Simmons family of Dallas. Helen attended Our Lady of Good Council School and a long active member of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in Dallas before coming to Spearfish. Helen passed...

Oct 23, 2026

Beverly Jean (Smith) Moench was called home to her eternal rest on Friday, October 23rd after a short but long-fought battle with renal failure.

She was born on November 10, 1943, in Fort Dodge, Iowa to Floyd and Esther Smith. She became a child of God through Holy Baptism on April 1, 1956, at the Baptist Church in Fort Dodge, IA,...

Oct 21, 2026

Christine Schirber, 82 of Spearfish, SD passed away on October 21, 2026 at her daughter Beth’s home on hospice after a brief brutal battle with cancer.

Christine Kay Smith was born in Lemmon, South Dakota on December 28, 1943, to Ervin and Clara (Pearson) Smith. She was born when her oldest sister, Iris, came home from college for Christmas. She grew...

Oct 19, 2026

Beverly Evelyn (Koan) Price, 90, of Belle Fourche, SD passed peacefully October 19, 2026. Born to Henry “Fred” Koan and Mildred (Leitch) Koan on June 28, 1936, in Bowman, ND. She lived in various areas in North and South Dakota, graduating High School in Newell, SD.

She met the love of her life at a dance in the community hall and...

Oct 19, 2026

Elna Star “Punky” Newman, 62, passed away on October 19, 2026. 

Elna was born November 4, 1963, in Chamberlain, South Dakota, to Edith Ness and George Newman. She was raised in the Spearfish and Belle Fourche area and spent much of her life there. Known to many as “Punky,” Elna was outgoing, kind, courageous, spirited, and outspoken. She was never afraid...